HOLDERS Wrexham reached the FAW Premier Cup semi-finals last night but were given anything but an easy ride by Welsh Premier league leaders TNS.

The Welsh Premier side gave Wrexham a rough time in the second half before the Red Dragons made the tie safe.

Wrexham missed several good chances in the first half, the most glaring being by Chris Llewellyn after only nine minutes.

But when Hector Sam put them ahead it looked for a while as if Wrexham would run away with it before TNS mounted a spirited second-half fightback.

Wrexham goalkeeper Andy Dibble kept his side in it with several tremendous saves as TNS threw men forward in search of an equaliser before Welsh under-21 international Steve Roberts made it 2-0 to take the Red Dragons into the last four of the competition.